The US government is "embarrassed" about failing to secure its computer systems, according to the lawyer of a man accused of hacking offences.

Skepta becomes the second grime artist to win the Mercury Prize with his album Konnichiwa, beating favourite David Bowie's Blackstar.

Four people are being investigated in Italy in connection with the suicide of a young woman who battled for months to have a sex video removed from the internet.

A large item of debris found off the coast of Tanzania belongs to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian investigators confirm.

Former Chancellor George Osborne says he will "focus his political energies" on taking forward his "Northern Powerhouse" plan as chairman of a new think tank.

Four UK soldiers who "forced" a boy suspected of looting into a canal, and left him to drown, are condemned by a judge investigating civilian deaths in the Iraq War.

Great Britain are on the cusp of 50 gold medals after winning six on day eight of the Rio Paralympics.

One of Brazil's best-loved television actors, Domingos Montagner, drowns in a river on the set of the country's most popular soap opera.